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Grimes' lawyer presented evidence that police did not question a half-dozen people who said Grimes was somewhere else when the rape happened. They showed 2 fingerprints found at the home where the rape happened were linked to a rapist
A former Guatemalan soldier accused of taking part in a massacre during that country's civil war more than a quarter century ago has been extradited to California where he faces immigration fraud charges.
Ray McGovern: My Take
Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision not to prosecute CIA torturers in two high-profile homicides bows to the political difficulty of going after field agents while sparing superiors, including ex-President George W. Bush. But the all-clear on tor
A Pakistani cleric who accused a young Christian girl of blasphemy in a case that sparked international concern was remanded in custody Sunday on suspicion of evidence-tampering and desecrating the Koran.
On Friday, the state of Arizona plans to award one lucky – or perhaps just well connected -- company the contract to build and operate 1,000 private prison beds for medium security inmates. This, despite the fact that we have
A group of thieves worked hard for its haul this week in eastern Austria, picking a plantation’s entire crop of elderberries without the owner noticing.
Pakistani police blocked a bail request for the minor who reportedly suffers from Down’s syndrome, claiming her release would endanger her life and that of her family. The girl is accused of blasphemy for allegedly burning a Koran.
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A military appeals court indefinitely postponed the court martial for accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan on Friday while it decides if the trial judge can order his beard forcibly shaved, U.S. Army officials said. Hasan is accused of ope
A Virginia man has been charged in federal court in the shooting of a security guard at the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group.
A death row prisoner who has been medically diagnosed as “mentally retarded” and therefore exempt from execution is set to die on Tuesday in Texas
A Public Information Officer (PIO) speaking on behalf of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin police said preliminary reports in the Sikh Temple shooting the count stands at seven, including one gunman. In a brief press conference, a spokesperson for the Oak
A possible plea deal in the deadly shootings that wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would send Jared Lee Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, a person familiar with the case said. A court-appointed psychiatrist
Journalists, bloggers, relatives and supporters crowded into the courtroom for a hearing that included a “witness” who turned out to have viewed the incident online and another who declared the word “feminist” obscene if uttered in a church.
A Juneau man faces a rare DUI charge for allegedly having a 0.313 breath-alcohol content as he floated through Fairbanks on an inflatable raft Sunday night. Alaska’s driving under the influence law applies to people operating motor vehicles, water
There’s no doubt John Joseph Delling knew what he was doing. His carefully planned 2007 crime spree lasted weeks, covered 6,500 miles and culminated in two people dead and one seriously wounded. He had his reasons, too. Delling, then 21, had becom
Florida will remain one of the only two states in the country that sends people to prison on drug possession charges without first proving the person knew what they were carrying was illegal.
Under the United States Constitution, prosecutors have an obligation to turn over potentially exculpatory evidence — whether it is evidence that is directly favorable to the accused and unfavorable to the government’s case, or evidence that undermine
We have been following the Penn State scandal and the school’s possible culpability in the matter.
How is it they go after three life sentences only to drop the charges for lack of evidence. We are not condoning the actions of anyone involved in the fight. We think all parties are just as responsible, but the cops had an obvious agenda because
US authorities offered a $1 million reward Monday for information about four suspects wanted over the killing of a border agent in December 2010.
A New Zealand prosecutor working with U.S. authorities hoping to extradite MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom said a judge and defense attorneys do not have the right to see the prosecution’s evidence against Dotcom because he’s not facing trial in the co
Four years after being convicted of killing his wife, Linux guru Hans Reiser returns Monday to court, this time to defend himself from a wrongful-death suit brought by his two children.
When New Hampshire Governor signed HB 146 into law on June 18, the Granite State became the first in the nation to enact a measure explicitly recognizing and protecting the indispensable right of jury nullification.
Teresa Culpepper didn’t assault anybody. She didn’t match the description of the person who did. Nobody claimed she did it. The victim of the assault said that it wasn’t her — he even said it in open court. But, ....
It is a story about the mushrooming of fines and fees levied by money-starved towns across the country and the for-profit businesses that administer the system. Growing numbers of poor people are ending up jailed and in debt for minor infractions.
An SB 1070-style traffic stop, an unattended illness in jail, and one family's tragedy.
Normally, conversations between client and attorney are confidential. But not when both are public employees and discussing a pending case via email on the county dime. My case to be exact, discussing how to convict me.
The Sanford City Manager said he relieved Chief Bill Lee of duty because he "determined the Police Chief needs to have the trust and respect of the elected officials and the confidence of the entire community."
A recent eight-part series in the New Orleans Times-Picayune chronicled how more than half of Louisiana’s 40,000 inmates are housed in prisons run by sheriffs or private companies as part of a broader financial incentive scheme.
